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John Doe

John Doe

Birthday: 1954-02-25 | Place of Birth: Decatur, Illinois, USA

John Doe (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, poet and bass player. Doe founded the much-praised L.A. punk band X, of which he is still an active member. His musical compositions and performances span the rock, country and folk music genres. As an actor, he has dozens of television appearances and several movies to his credit, including the role of Jeff Parker in the television series Roswell. In addition to X, Doe performs with the country-folk-punk band The Knitters and has released records as a solo artist. In the early 1980s, he performed on two albums by The Flesh Eaters. In the 1989 biopic Great Balls of Fire!, Doe played Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin-turned-father-in-law J. W. Brown. Doe starred in the 1992 film Roadside Prophets and in the 1998 short Lone Greasers. Other movie acting credits include Road House, Vanishing Point, Salvador, Boogie Nights, The Specials, The Good Girl, Gypsy 83 and Pure Country. As a musician with X, he has two feature-length concert films, several music videos, and an extended performance-and-interview sequence in The Decline of Western Civilization, Penelope Spheeris's seminal documentary about the early-1980s L.A. punk scene. Along with co-writer Exene Cervenka, Doe composed most of the songs recorded by X. Wild Gift, an album from that band's heyday, was named "Record of the Year" by Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. With Dave Alvin, he co-wrote two of the songs on the Blasters' 1984 album Hard Line, "Just Another Sunday" and "Little Honey". In the 1992 movie The Bodyguard (starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston), it was Doe's version of "I Will Always Love You" that plays on the jukebox when Costner and Houston's characters are dancing. It was released on audio cassette by Warner Bros. in September 1992, but is difficult to obtain (though bootleg copies can be downloaded from the Internet). No version is believed to have been released on CD. "The Meanest Man in the World" by Doe was featured in Season 4 of the television series Friday Night Lights and included on the second soundtrack album. John Doe released an album with Canadian indie rock band The Sadies called Country Club on April 14, 2009. The album features covers of country classics along with original songs. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Doe (musician), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Quantum Cowboys

as    John the Gunslinger/John the Bartender/John the Businessman

2019
My Little One

as    Matt

2019
All Creatures Here Below

as    Uncle Doug

2013
Pleased to Meet Me

as    Pete Jones

2013
Zombex

as    Seamus O'Connor

2007
Ten Inch Hero

as    Trucker

2006
Live Freaky! Die Freaky!

as    Tex (voice)

2005
Lucky 13

as    Mr. Baker

2005
Celebrity Mix

as    Self (archive footage)

2003
Mayor of the Sunset Strip

as    Self

2002
The Good Girl

as    Mr. Worther

1999
Brokedown Palace

as    Bill Marano

1998
Black Cat Run

as    Martin James

1997
Touch

as    Elwin Worrel

1997
1996
Scorpion Spring

as    Deputy

1995
Georgia

as    Bobby

1994
Shake, Rattle and Rock!

as    Lucky

1992
Pure Country

as    Earl Blackstock

1992
Roadside Prophets

as    Joe Mosley

1991
Liquid Dreams

as    Cab Driver

1990
Without You I'm Nothing

as    John Doe

1989
Great Balls of Fire!

as    J.W. Brown

1989
Road House

as    Pat McGurn

1987
Slam Dance

as    Det. John Gilbert